Sliding box wet plate camera

Sliding box wet plate camera

Camera

J. Audouin

Maker
French, 1860s

Sliding box wet plate camera

Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 7 9/16 × 4 13/16 × 9 3/8 in. (19.2 × 12.3 × 23.8 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.1853
DescriptionSliding box wet plate camera (no lens) with magazine for 1/4 plates.
Inscriptions Embossed in metal, oval plate affixed to camera front, TC: FOURNITURES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES \ J. AUDOUIN \ BREVETÉ S.G.D.G \ 5. Cité Bergère. PARIS
Printed in blue ink, oval label applied inside magazine back door, TC: ARTICLES DE PHOTOGRAPHIE \ J. AUDOUIN \ Cité Bergère, PARIS
Stamped in wood, on magazine back door, C: SCHAEB \ BREVETÉ \ S.G.D.G

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